English II Study Guide PDF

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Notes Powered by AI Notebook: https://ainotebook.app Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Study Guide Dec 12, 2024 English II Study Guide This study guide will help you understand the key terms and concepts covered in the English II course. Author's Purpose Definition: An author's purpose is why they write about a specific topic, especially for entertainment. Examples: To inform a reader about a device where they can learn something new. To persuade a reader to buy the best thing they want. To entertain a reader with a literary device using alliteration (Consonant Sounds repeating at the beginning of words). To express their feelings about an event. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where the author is expressing the action that is happening. Literary Terms Suspense: Definition: A feeling of excitement or a "What's going to happen next?" that is built up through a story. Example: A character is walking through a dark abandoned building. Conflict: Definition: A struggle between opposing forces in a story which can be internal or external. Example: A character is weary (internal conflict), or a character is fighting with a monster (external conflict). AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Setting: Definition: The time and place where the events occur. Example: The time period and cultural context, the historical setting, the imaginary setting (e.g., fantasy), etc. Allegory: Definition: A narrative in which characters, events, and setting represent abstract concepts that are being explained. Example: The characters in a story represent a virtue, a vice, or a particular historical event. Metaphor: Definition: A figure of speech that makes a comparison about an unlike term. Example: "Her voice was like a song." This compares the sound of the woman's voice to a song. Symbol: Definition: Something that stands for or represents something else. Example: A dove is often used as a symbol of peace. Allusion: Definition: A direct or indirect reference to something in literature, history, music, or pop culture. Example: It is often used as an archetypal concept, it conveys deeper meanings beyond their literal sense. Rhythm: Definition: Something in the pattern of sounds and beats in a piece of writing, especially poetry. The flow created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Onomatopoeia: Definition: When a word sounds like the noise it represents. Example: "Buzz," "bang," "whoosh," "crash," "tick-tock." AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Simile: Definition: A comparison using "like" or "as." Example: Her smile was as bright as the sun. Irony: Definition: When what actually happens is often unexpected; what is said and what is meant differ. Example: A fire station that's burning down. Highlighting a positive statement: Definition: You'll expect a "fire station to be there to save the day." It makes the situation ironic because you'd expect the fire station to be there. Connotation: Definition: Words are complex with positive, negative, and neutral connotations beyond its literal meanings. Example: A word carries with it associations beyond the actual literal definition. Denotation: Example: "Frugal" (suggests being cautious with money) refers to the literal dictionary definition of a word. The effect of the word on the reader: Definition: The word "frugal" may suggest a negative connotation, but it can also suggest being wise. Theme: Definition: The developmental arc that is usually less obvious, but it is the central idea or the reinforcing idea of the story. Example: "To Have and to Hold" focuses on themes of coming-of-age narratives. AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Young Definition: Definition: The novel "The Great Gatsby" deals with themes of coming of age. Example: "Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" "Scout" learns and grows up in a racially divided Southern town building empathy and justice as she towers. Mood/Atmosphere: Definition: The feeling or atmosphere that the story makes you experience. Example: "The mood of a story could be suspense or terror," or "The atmosphere of a story could be happy or sad." Subject vs. Topic: Definition: "Topic" might cover worlds in a broad way, while "subject" is more like a deeper analysis of a topic. Repetition: Definition: A literary device where words or phrases are repeated multiple times within a text. Characterization: Definition: The portrayal of a character in a story. Direct: Author reveals the personality of a character to the reader directly. Indirect: The reader gathers information about a character through their words or actions. Imagery: Definition: A literary device that uses vivid and descriptive language to create sensory experience for the reader. Example: "The scent of pine, the sound of the wind through the trees." HUMBLE & HUBRIS: Definition: When you get vital qualities (e.g., Rome, let Juliet be Juliet) and you can't stay humble and you become hubris. Example: When a character is caught by the "Pride" of the moment, their hubris can be seen (e.g., "How quickly a story on a heel of a shoe struck the whole star, a star of the whole world.") AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Pacing (True Diary of a Part-Time Indian): Definition: The pace and how much time is spent on a particular event. Example: A novel highlights the impact of poverty and inequality. Key Elements of "The True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" Identify what are some of the novel's themes? Answer: Identity, poverty, dreams, struggles, injustice, opportunities available to residents and the beauty of hope and determination. The lack of communication in the novel, especially the relationship between Junior's Mom's geometry and Junior, which one is the true challenge? Answer: The novel is heavily reliant on the connection between Junior's Mom's geometry and Junior. What is the purpose of Junior's drawings? Answer: Drawings are a way to express his thoughts and feelings. Drawings are a way to express the thoughts, words, and feelings that he struggles to formulate with words. Grammar & Writing Know where to place a comma for introductory phrases, coordinating conjunctions, and parenthetical phrases. Know how to build a good essay: Understand the assignment (e.g. know what is the purpose you have to do, write a descriptive, compare/contrast, persuasive, etc.) Know how to create a thesis statement (e.g. know how to write a thesis statement that outlines the main argument of your research paper). Know how to integrate your primary/secondary sources into your paper. Verb tense (past, present, future) should agree in your essay. Know how to use commas correctly. AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Place whether a person, place, thing, or idea is a noun. Parts of Speech: Noun: A person, place, thing, or idea, e.g., dog, unity, "book" Pronoun: A word used in place of noun, e.g., "He/She/It" Preposition: A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence. E.g. "on, at, in, to, by" Conjunction: A word that joins phrases or clauses together. E.g. "and, but, or, yet" Interjection: Expresses a sudden emotion. E.g. "Oh", "Wow", "Dear", "Help" Adjective: A word that describes a noun or pronoun. E.g. "big", "happy," "red." Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb. E.g. "slowly", "very" "carefully" Verb: A word that shows an action or state of being. E.g. "run," "sit", "sleep", "think", "believe" Concrete vs. abstract nouns: Concrete nouns: A physical thing. Abstract nouns: Ideas, emotions, quality, or philosophy. E.g., freedom, happiness, fear, doubt, shame. Point of view (1st, 2nd, 3rd person, and 3rd person omniscient): Explanation of each: First person: (Using "I and me") Second Person: (Using "you" and "your") Third Person: (Using "he/she/it, they" and "their" - where the narrator knows about all the characters and their feelings). Third Person Omniscient: (The narrator knows the ideas of all characters and is observing the entire story and is the voice of the story). AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app Paragraphs: What is the purpose of sentence phrasing? To connect ideas. To create a transitional word and feel. Directions: Review the summary of The Rose That Grew from Concrete **Poems: ** "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" - Mother to Son" His poem If the basic texts of each: This is a message from a father's advice to a son on the theme of fortitude and successful man. Know the major figures of speech in that read to determine the tone and theme. Identify the rhetorical language used (anaphora, repetition, and metaphors). Know the theme of each and in-distiph, resilience, symbolism, repetition, metaphor, etc. **Look for the **author's purpose, and you can discover several possible interpretations. **You can meet with "triumph beginning... of" ** If you can repeat the beginning of several "I have a dream" phrases was delivered to advocate. Purpose for Writing: "I purposefully was injustice and injustice." To reveal the two in pastors and well the same civil and economic strengths for Africa words and phrases king charged language. Strong feelings for "I Have a Dream." **Powerful metaphors. "I have a dream" speech is famous for its use of repetition. ** Parallel structure Repetition: The King uses symbolism to draw the comparison. Analogy: AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app The Seventh Man: Know Mar's analogies of the giant wave (know supporting text evidence): Through the Tunnel: - Know Jerry's reasons for training himself to swim through the tunnel. AI Notebook 2024 copyright all rights reserved Created with AI Notebook - https://ainotebook.app